The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families awarded a $62,665,560.00 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant (CFDA 93.090) on October 1, 2024 to support financial assistance payments, case management, training, and administrative costs for states, tribes, and territories to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in the child welfare system. This funding aims to create stable alternative placement options for children...
The Executive Office of the State of New Jersey, doing business as Children & Families, was awarded a $528,000 Formula Grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentive Payments program (CFDA #93.603) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The objective of the Adoption and Legal Guardianship Incentives program is to provide incentives to states and eligible tribes to...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $847,622 Block Grant to the State of New Jersey under the Children's Justice Grants to States program (CFDA 93.643) for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2025. The grant supports the State in enacting reforms to improve the assessment and investigation of suspected child abuse and neglect cases, including cases involving suspected child sexual abuse or exploitation, while limiting...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded a $270,727,425 Foster Care Title IV-E Block Grant (CFDA 93.658) to the Executive Office of the State of New Jersey, doing business as Children & Families, for the period of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. This grant funding enables the state agency to provide safe and stable out-of-home care for children under its child welfare jurisdiction, including foster care maintenance...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) awarded a $6,276,586 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) Block Grant to the West Virginia Department of Human Services for Fiscal Year 2025. The grant will provide federal financial support to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children who have been removed from their homes and are in the state's child welfare system. Key services funded through this program include...
This $32,308,281 federal Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.090 - Guardianship Assistance Program) will provide financial support to the Minnesota Department of Human Services to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children who have been removed from their homes and are in the child welfare system. The program's key services include guardianship assistance payments, case management,...
This $216,839,022 Adoption Assistance Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families (CFDA 93.659) provides federal financial participation to the Executive Office of the State of New Jersey, doing business as Children & Families, to support the adoption of children with special needs who cannot be reunited with their families. The grant enables the state agency to deliver comprehensive adoption support services, including...
The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded a $4,206,402.00 FY 2025 Guardianship Assistance Block Grant to the State of North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services. This grant, authorized under CFDA 93.090 Guardianship Assistance, will provide federal financial support to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in the North Carolina child welfare system. The funding will be used to make guardianship...
The New Jersey Department of Human Services received a $495,356,407 federal Block Grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families under the Child Support Services (CFDA 93.563) program. This grant will fund the enforcement of child support obligations by locating absent parents, establishing paternity, and obtaining child, spousal, and medical support orders. The goal is to ensure children receive adequate financial support and...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families has awarded a $17,018,982 Guardianship Assistance Program (CFDA 93.090) block grant to the Alabama Department of Human Resources for FY 2025. This funding will support the department's efforts to facilitate permanent legal guardianship arrangements for children in the child welfare system, with a focus on assisting relative guardians who assume custody of children previously in foster care. Key services...